Tuesday, September 28, 2010

My grandparents on the right with a couple I believe Dad said were neighbors, the Lily's.This is probably near Deland where Grandpa farmed but it might be Burnt Prairie. If any of my relatives have photos to share, I would love to hear from them!!

I'm digging those aprons. Do you suppose they were made from flour sacks?

Monday, September 27, 2010

Grandpa Charlie looking very dapper in his WW1 uniform. I didn't get to know him well because he died of throat cancer when I was about 4. But I do remember he would give me a rubbery wet kiss and then scrape my face with his whiskers.

I leave for the south tomorrow, to visit my brother and shake the family tree!

Sunday, September 26, 2010

This is my grandmother Martha, whom we all called Mom Cox. I signed up for ancestry.com yesterday and have been playing ever since. I am trying to get a lot of family history together to take down to Illinois with me this week when I go visit my brother. I hope to spend time on the long winter nights writing down memories of my parents and grandparents. I wish I had done it 30 years ago. I have forgotten so much that my mother told me.

My grandma usually served us boiled chicken when we visited which I thought was rather gross because the skin looked weird. She always had a little glass wind chime or two in the house. That is why I have windchimes all over the yard. Be glad you don't live next door!

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Sorry about the quality of the photo. I don't see the light reflections when I am taking the picture. I started this painting at the Windermere Fall Fair as a demo. This horse is pastured out on the Westside road and has such a kind face.

I am enjoying discovering terms for pinto colors such as the old english piebald and skewbald but also tobiano, overo, sabino, tovero.

Friday, September 24, 2010

I have been painting, honest. But not much. I have been busy sending things off to one show or another and making cards and small matted prints of my paintings for sale which are helping with the bottom line.

I love old photos and collect them. I decided to play around on ACDSee and turn a few of them into Halloween cards. They were enthusiastically received by the women at one of my galleries. Plus, it was just fun!

Thursday, September 16, 2010

I ordered 52 raw canvases from Opus Arts so I could make two new alphabets. They were a really good price, but what you save in money, you pay for in labor.We are being plagued by a rainy September. I had just finished gessoing 30 canvases when it began to sprinkle. So I moved them into the greenhouse to dry. Only 22 to go. Anyone want to help?

Friday, September 10, 2010

I spotted this lovely fellow grazing near the river when I went to pick Kirra up from the kennel. I hope he heads for the hills because it is nearly hunting season. I know they need to cull the herds to keep them from overpopulating and starving (and we have many, many deer) but I hope no one I "know" gets it.

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